Unit III Assignment Page

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The following are additional resources that will be used or have been used in class during the course of this Unit. Additional resources and web assignments will be posted when assigned.

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Web Readings

• How wording can modify a polling result: Education, Gay Marriage, Abortion
• Information about determining the margin of error: http://www.westgroupresearch.com/research/margin.html
• "Plug-in" graph to determine sample size
• Glossary of Polling terms: http://whyfiles.org/009poll/glossary.html
• How to conduct polling: http://whyfiles.org/009poll/poll_principles.html and http://whyfiles.org/009poll/poll_principles2.html
• Presenting polling data: http://www.cal.org/twi/EvalToolkit/7how2present.htm
• TIME (9/28/2009): Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?
• TIME (7/12/2010): The Best Laws Money Can Buy

Readings in Word Format

PowerPoint Presentations

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In-class Discussions/Assignments

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Web Videos (from JibJab)